Description: Here's a unique & really cool set of 2 (TWO!) different old ORIGINAL real photo images of the historic draw bridge in Michigan City Indiana back in 1908 when it opened and again in 1929 when a nearby house fell into the water- I found them both together so I'm selling them together. One is a 5 3/4" wide by 4 3/4" tall sepia toned glossy photo ID'd as the "Franklin Street Bridge Michigan City, Indiana" and with the notation "Taken 1908 Mich. City, Ind." in pencil on back and the other ID'd as: "Michigan City, In. Long Beach 1929 Calvert Photo" on the back-Set has wear consistent with normal use and age only-How many of these survived? What a neat vintage historic set! These are ORIGINAL items, NOT REPRODUCTION items! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 6.95 postage is required. 1908 & 1929 Michigan City Indiana Franklin Street Drawbridge Wreck 2 photo set-- Click images to enlarge Description Check it out...Here's a unique & really cool set of 2 (TWO!) different old ORIGINAL real photo images of the historic draw bridge in Michigan City Indiana back in 1908 when it opened and again in 1929 when a nearby house fell into the water- I found them both together so I'm selling them together. One is a 5 3/4" wide by 4 3/4" tall sepia toned glossy photo ID'd as the "Franklin Street Bridge Michigan City, Indiana" and with the notation "Taken 1908 Mich. City, Ind." in pencil on back and the other ID'd as: "Michigan City, In. Long Beach 1929 Calvert Photo" on the back-Set has wear consistent with normal use and age only-How many of these survived? What a neat vintage historic set! Here's some history on the bridge: This bridge is the only historic movable bridge in Indiana, and is significant on a state level basis as a result. While the bridge is in northwestern Indiana and thus near Chicago's massive collection of bascule bridges, the Franklin Street Bridge in Indiana remains noteworthy as a historic bascule bridge that is a plate girder rather than a truss. Chicago used the truss form for its bascule bridges, so this plate girder bascule is still regionally an uncommon find. The bridge's appearance has more in common with neighboring Michigan which nearly exclusively used plate girders instead of trusses for the bascule bridges in its many lakeshore towns. However, nearly all of Michigan's historic bascule bridges do not retain original railings, while this Indiana bridge retains attractive original railings. Indeed, the Franklin Street Bridge is historically complete, with railings, bridge tender building, plaques, and riveted girders. It appears to have been well maintained and the bridge should continue to be maintained as an important Indiana historic bridge. Located near to a park and a historic lighthouse, and not too far from the old train station, this bridge adds to the attraction, heritage, and desirability of the area. In 1908, an old swing bridge was demolished and replaced here at Franklin Street with a single leaf bascule bridge. This replacement bascule bridge was apparently only in service for a couple years until June 1910 when the SS United States backed into it and collapsed it into the river.. The bridge was severely damaged. The February 1911 Good Roads magazine posted a notice that read "The City Council has decided to rebuild the Franklin St. bridge without assistance from La Porte Co. The estimated cost is about $17,000." It is not known if it was completely replaced at this time or if the 1908 bridge received a massive repair project. If the $17,000 cost suggests it was a repair project, since the construction cost for the bridge in 1908 was much larger, about $35,000. The bridge seen today would not be built for around another 20 years. Regardless of its lifespan, the 1908 bascule bridge is of interest. An Engineering Record article discusses the bridge in detail. The initial interest in the bridge is the design, which has an arc-shaped rack on the bottom of the truss that interacted with a pinion to operate the bridge. The location of the rack on the bottom of the truss, below the trunnion, is unusual. The design appears to have only allowed the bridge to raise by a limited number of degrees. The photo seen above may be nearly as high as the bridge could go. The bridge is additionally of note because the bascule bridge used a patented design. The inventor was listed as Fredrik Borg on the patent. The bascule bridge is actually described as a "Borg bascule." Of further interest is Borg's firm, Borg and Ericson. The "Ericson" of Borg and Ericson is John E. Ericson, who for many years (including in 1908) was the City Engineer for the City of Chicago. It is known that Ericson operated an engineering firm on the side while also being Chicago's City Engineer. Little is currently known about Ericson's this consulting that Ericson did on the side; this bridge is the first solid connection identified with Ericson's outside-of-Chicago consulting. This bascule bridge's steel was fabricated by George W. Jackson, a prominent contractor from Chicago. The total contract cost was about $35,000. These are ORIGINAL items, NOT REPRODUCTION items! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 6.95 postage is required. Payment We accept Paypal payments. Shipping We will try and combine shipping on multiple purchases wherever possible. Please e-mail us with auction item numbers before sending payment. 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Price: 19.99 USD
Location: Noblesville, Indiana
End Time: 2024-12-15T19:54:28.000Z
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